I'm David Diaz

A Web Designer and Developer

“Do what you love and be great at it. You will always be happy.”

About Me

My goals as web designer and developer are to create an enjoyable and intuative experience for the user, bring new ideas to the web. I'm a self starter that loves working in a team environment where we pass around ideas as well as inspire each other. I have fun doing what I love to do.

Work Experience

Web Designer and Front-End Engineer

EdITS / ERAS

October 2013 - March 2015

Responsible for redesigning and redeveloping the current website, bring the site up to date, more modern and responsive. I was also in charge of maintaining, content entry, and creating graphics for the website.

Web Graphic Designer

Advontemedia Inc.

February 2011 - January 2013

Design websites for various publications based on industry trends and standards, rapid prototyping of UI concepts, and create motions graphics for advertisements and videos. As well as maintaining their website's performance through QA checks, Google Analytics and by adding new content requested by the client.

Software Development Internship

July 2010 - September 2010

Volunteer Customer Service / Web App Beta Tester

Gaiaonline / Gaia Interactive

July 2007 - April 2009

Oversaw and helped manage various forums within the site; educated users of the rules; evaluated users actions and distributing warnings to offenders; provided customer service to user inquiring about their accounts and/or purchases; investigated accounts that may have compromised; supervised and help train new volunteers; reported programming issues; tested web app software/games.

Web Designer and Developer

Self-Employed / Owner of Ever Growing Interactive

2007 - Present

When I am not in the office, I am working on personal projects to keep my skills up to date and my mind fresh with new ideas because I love what I do.

Professional Skills

Server-Side Technologies

PHP

mySQL

Wordpress

Concrete5

Joomla

Drupal

Magento

Client-Side Technologies

xHTML / HTML5

CSS / CSS3

JavaScript

jQuery

ActionScript

XML

Design/Coding/Video Editing Programs

Photoshop

Illustrator

Dreamweaver

Flex/Flash Builder

After Effects

Final Cut Pro

Education

The Art Institute of California — Inland Empire

Bachelor of Science — Web Design and Interactive Media

2007 - 2010

Portfolio

EdITS

Objective:

Redesign and redevelop website

I was hired to redesign and redevelop their website. They wanted a modern look and a responsive design

AI - ie Restaraunt Finder

Objective:

To create a desktop and touch screen application to direct students to local restraunts

This was group effort to create a desktop and touch screen application that would route students to local restaurants around the Art Institute of California - Inland Empire. I created various routes as well as icon design.